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By Shamindra Ferdinando Former Foreign Affairs Minister Prof. G.L. Peiris says that whatever the political arrangement, envisaged by President Ranil Wickremesinghe, to address the developing political-economic-social crisis, the expansion of the Cabinet-of-Ministers wouldn’t be acceptable to the public, under any circumstances. “It would be a grave mistake on the part of political parties re...

The above statement was made by Manusha Nanayakkara our Labour & Foreign Employment Minister. How the Minister is going to do it is not known.I wish to make a few suggestions to the Minister for his consideration to implement his proposal. Tourists, migrant workers and the dual citizens were the people whom the Minister referred […]

By Ramesh Singh Attempts by China to dock a state of the art ‘Spy Ship’ at the Hambantota Port in Sri Lanka has caused much concern in domestic politics with many parties objecting resulting in the Sri Lankan Government requesting a deferment of the date of arrival.  The Chinese space-craft tracking ship Yuanwang-5 was scheduled […]

SL too on agenda BY S VENKAT NARAYAN Our Special Correspondent  NEW DELHI, August 6: India is maintaining a studied “loud silence” on the tensions between China and the United States and the developments in the Taiwan Straits in the wake of US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s controversial visit to Taipei last week. The decision […]

AFP – Sri Lanka has asked China to indefinitely delay a visit by a ship, following objections from India, official sources said on Friday.The Yuan Wang 5 is en route from the Chinese port of Jiangyin and due in the Chinese-run Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on August 11, according to analytics website MarineTraffic.The External Affairs Ministry last week said that it will closely monitor “an...

After the collapse of the Sri Lankan economy, attention has turned to the state of affairs in other South Asian countries such as Pakistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh. All three countries have either curtailed imports or are planning to do so, to salvage their fast-depleting foreign exchange reserves and avoid a Lanka-like forex crisis. While the […]

Queen Elizabeth II has congratulated new President Ranil Wickremesinghe and said she looks forward to stronger Sri Lanka-UK bilateral ties. “I would like to extend my congratulations to you on becoming President of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka. I look forward to continuing the warm friendship between our two countries during your Presidency. […]

Sri Lanka s Minister of Foreign Affairs Ali Sabry, PC, has met with his Japanese and Chinese counterparts on the sidelines of the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Ministerial Meeting this week.

During a search operation carried out in seas off sandbanks in Talaimannar, Sri Lanka Navy has apprehended 13 people who were suspected to be attempting to illegally migrate to a foreign country by sea.

Political instability in the past three months hurt the island nation's 3rd largest foreign earner

The new system will minimize inconvenience for foreign investors, their staff.

Sri Lanka has been a geopolitical cold war between India and China in its territory.

Chinese research vessel saga By Rathindra Kuruwita There would be constant pressure on Sri Lanka to distance itself from China in the future, Ramindu Perera, lecturer at the Open University Law faculty said, commenting on the controversy surrounding the Chinese research vessel, Yuan Wang 5.Sri Lanka, thus, must figure out how to benefit from the […]